Impermeable facing for trousers



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H T. SIMMONS & J. P; NA'YLOR.

IMPERMEABLE FACING FOB. TROUSERS.

Patented Dec. 3

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

INDIANA.

IMPERMEABLE FACING FOR TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,186, dated December3, 1889.

Application filed March 11, 1889.

To all whont it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY TAYLOR SIM- MONS and JosEPH P. NAYLoR, bothcitizens of the United States, residing at Bloomington, Monroe county,State of Indiana, have invented new and useful Improvements inImpermeable Facings or Re-enforcements for Trousers, of which thefollowing is a specifi cation.

Our invention consists of a facing or re-enforcement made of imperviousmaterial and applied by means of an adhesive immediately to the crotchof the trousers on the inside, and thus made to adhere to the materialof which the same are made, and having a prolongation adapted tobeapplied to the fore part of the trousers near the inside seam over thepenis. The object of this prolonga' tion is to protect the trousers fromdiscoloration liable to occur in the particular location where it isapplied in the case of old men and in certain diseases, and to preventthe rotting of the material due to the perspiration, urine, sweat, orother matters that may be exuded from the body.

In the accompanying drawi11gs,which illustrate our invention, Figure 1is a view of that form of impermeable facing which we prefer to use.Fig. 2 is a view of the same applied to the inside of a pair oftrousers, and Figs. 3 and 4 show modifications of our invention.

A, Fig. 1, represents an impermeable faciug shaped to conform to thecrotch of the trousers and having a prolongation a to be applied to thefore part of the trousers on the inside near the inside seam, as shownin Fig. 2, in which B represents the trousers.

\Ve make the facing or re-enforcement of any impervious material-such asrubber cloth, oil-silk, oil-cloth, or the likeand,hav ing shaped it tothe conformation of the crotch of the trousers, apply it by means of acement interposed between it and the mateterial of the trousers directlyto the latter on the inside. o thus secure a perfect adhesion of allparts of the facing to the material of the trousers, and obtain therebya close and neat fit, a freedom from wrinkles and an effectivere-enforcement of the seams, the additional strength being far greaterthan that Serial No. 302,776. (No model.)

given by any mode of sewing the same, while any liability to rip or tearby the weakening or rotting of the stitches is entirely removed. It.also greatly protects the trousers from wear in the crotch by slightlystifiening and holding in position that portion of the trousers, thuspreventing the friction of the material rubbing against itself.

IVe prefer to make our impermeable facing of rubber cloth, Which weapply to the inside of the garment by means of a thin strip ofgutta-pereha tissue of similar shape, causing the latter to adhere tothe material and the facing to adhere to the gutta-percha tissue bypressing it with a hot iron. This form we have sh own in Fig. 3, inwhich A represents the facing and C the gutta-pereha tissue; but we mayalso use rubber cloth having an adhesive surface on one side, which isapplied directly to the material; 0r,where the cement in itselfimpervious, we may merely cover it with stockinet or other like lightmaterial.

In Fig. 4 we have shown an impermeable facing or reenforcement of rubbercloth having one side Z1 adhesive, and in Fig. 3 the facing A may beconstructed of stockinet or other like light material when the adhesivematerial C is impervious.

\Vhile we prefer the facing having the single strip, as shown in Figs. 1and 2, we may also give it the shape shown in Fig. 4, in which there aretwo strips (L a, fitted to the fore part of the trousers on the insidenear the inside seam, and also shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1'. \Vealso prefer to make the facing of a single piece; but it can be made oftwo or more without departing from the spirit of our invention.

we do not confine ourselves to the particular outline of theimpermeablefacing or re-enforcement shown in the drawings, provided it isimpermeable and adhesive on the side which is to be secured to thematerial, and is provided with a dependent strip a, adapted to beapplied to the fore part of the trousers on the inside near the insideseam to protect the material from discoloration, sweat, perspiration, orurine; but

IVhat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

An impermeable facing or re-enforcement adapted to fit over the crotch0f the trousers In testimony whereof wehave hereunto set on the inside,halvinga dependent strip (1, our hands in the presence of twosubscribing adapted to be applied to the fore part of the witnesses.

trousers near the inside seam, and having an 5 attachable inner adhesivesurface, whereby IIEN RY TAYLOR SIMMONS.

the facing is made to adhere to the trousers, re- JOSEPH P. NAYLOR.enforcing all of the material in contact therewith, While protecting thelatter from perspi- \Vitnesses:

ration, sweat, or urine, substantially as de- F. '1. BRODIX, 1o scribed.I L. V. PAULEY.

